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• n  (military) a person who freely enlists for service
• n  composition (often improvised) for a solo instrument (especially solo organ) and not a regular part of a religious service or musical performance
• a  of your own free will or design; done by choice; not forced or compelled
  man is a voluntary agent
  participation was voluntary
  voluntary manslaughter
  voluntary generosity in times of disaster
  voluntary social workers
  a voluntary confession
• a  controlled by individual volition
  voluntary motions
  voluntary muscles

• But behind this call for a voluntary contribution is an unprecedented worldwide effort to make up a shortfall in official government aid to poor countries a shortfall .
• He talked of somehow getting to Holland, where assisting voluntary death is not legal, but doctors are not prosecuted.
• Problem number one with grand schemes for universal voluntary public service is that they can't be both universal and voluntary.

• volunteer
• military volunteer

• draftee
• involuntary

News & Articles

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• Rain causes flooding, voluntary evacuations in Atlantic County - NBC40.net
  Tuesdays heavy rains caused retention ponds to overflow, and authorities have issued a voluntary evacuation order for the Cranberry Run community.
  June 19, 2013 - NBC40 South Jersey
• Property taxes, voluntary buyouts, layoffs to top city council's agenda
  Higher property taxes, voluntary buyouts, and hundreds of layoffs will all be on the table when the City of Memphis' budget battle reaches a fever pitch at city hall.
  June 18, 2013 - WMCTV Memphis
• Eastbridge Report Outlines Results of Recent Survey of Benefit Brokers on the Voluntary Market
  There has been much interest in voluntary benefits and much speculation about how healthcare reform will change the way brokers approach the benefits market. However, there has been little, if any, reporting on what has actually occurred and if brokers have more fully embraced voluntary or changed their business practices.
  June 18, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in TIME
  Obama said denying aid undermined "safe and effective voluntary family-planning in developing countries."
• Kevin Martin in Los Angeles Times
  As I've indicated before, this is an unusual situation,Martin said in a statement. "I am recommending that with the voluntary commitments they (the companies) have offered, on balance, this transaction would be in the public interest."
• Alan Mulally in USA Today
  While I know that in many cases, decisions to leave the company were difficult for our employees, the acceptances received through this voluntary effort will help Ford to become more competitive,said Alan Mulally, Ford's CEO.